iBSc International Health
The International Health BSc is a year-long course for
intercalating medical students. Based in the Faculty of Population Health
Sciences, the BSc was the first of its kind in Europe, providing teaching on
global health to UCL students.
The course is designed to give students a thorough
understanding of international health and the economic, social, political and
cultural forces that shape health and health systems worldwide. Course modules
cover a huge variety of subjects from essential drugs to asylum seekers, from
global trade to gender. Each module is led by one or more course tutors who
direct the content of the module and lead the majority of tutorials. Students
also benefit from the expertise of lecturers from a wide variety of disciplines:
- medicine
- public health
- social sciences
- experts from NGOs
- government policy makers.
With constant interaction between students and tutors,
discussion and debate are important features of the course. In many instances,
students are free to explore areas that particularly interest them. This
flexibility, combined with the diversity of tutors' expertise, makes for a
dynamic and varied year.
Modules are assessed in a variety of ways including oral
presentations, written essays, poster presentations, and unseen written exams.
Click on Module Overview for a better idea of the content of the teaching on
all our undergraduate modules.
